Talk:State of Franklin

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Contents 1 American Civil War 2 Franklin State Flag 3 State capitol disappeared? 4 Gage? 5 David Campbell 6 Question 7 Added band under trivia section 8 Requested move 9 Landon Carter

[edit] American Civil War

I read in one of the Civil War books that the State of Franklin wanted to succeed from the Confederacy, or that there was a significant movement to such. I cannot find verification of this. It had almost no slaves and thus had no reason to succeed from the Union. Jdblick (talk) 17:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Jdblick 12:49, 18 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] Franklin State Flag

Can someone provide some sources for this section? As it stands, it sounds rather dubious. Kaldari 22:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

• I'm working on it now. It was a horror when I found it this morning. I'm trying to put its misunderstood, ill-fated, fell-through-sorority-rush ducks in a row. Poor little Franklin. <sigh> Iamvered 23:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] State capitol disappeared?

This sentence seems strange: "The original state capitol of Franklin disappeared while being moved from the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. Only the key still remains"

How can you lose a state capitol? --Awiseman 15:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gage?

Everything I have read says that it was William Cage (not Gage) and Landon Carter who led the House and Senate, respectively. The same Cage's of Cage's Bend (Cumberland), and the father of William Cage, the sheriff of Sumner County.

[edit] David Campbell

Was linked to a disambiguation page, but none of the David Campbells listed there appear to be this fellow. (I'm not listed there either, not that I would have expected to be.) ;-) --Davecampbell 21:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

does anyone know the country that would later become the state of Franklin????

please help!!! — —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.84.83.205 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 5 February 2007.

[edit] Added band under trivia section

I added the band "Lost State of Franklin" under trivia. They're not from TN/NC, but have southern roots and rockabilly style, so it seems relevant enough. Plus, I followed a link to this article looking for info on them.Jebbo 19:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I think perhaps a new title be created and this article be moved to it. I was thinking something along the lines of Franklin (Historic U.S. State) would be much clearer and less ambiguous than the current title which is vague and not accurate in the sense that there is no state known as Franklin that currently exists. --Champaign 08:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

That's not real strong reasoning: Joan of Arc doesn't currently exist, but we wouldn't rename the article on her Joan of Arc (historic person). Plus, calling Franklin a "historic U.S. state" is technically incorrect: Franklin was never a U.S. state. As seen from this online source, "State of Franklin" was the correct title for this article and it should not have been moved. I see from your talk page that you did a whole slew of ill-advised page moves. :-( —Kevin Myers 00:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. All correct. I'm reverting this. "Franklin" is ambiguous, and everyone who refers to this particular historical territory or movement calls it "The State of Franklin." Iamvered 18:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I vote for State of Franklin. Calling it a historical state suggests that it was a state and is no longer. Ground Zero | t 03:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Iamvered's attempt to move the page back was unsuccessful. I've added a request on Wikipedia:Requested moves to move this page back to State of Franklin. — Mateo SA (talk | contribs) 03:51, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Support move back to State of Franklin. Needs to be listed IMO, but I don't think the outcome is in any doubt. Andrewa 10:44, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• The move has been completed. Ground Zero | t 21:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Landon Carter

The LC mentioned on this page is clearly not the LC of "Diary of Landon Carter" repute, so I have removed the wikilink. You can confirm this by comparison of years of date/birth: cf. http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=C043 Sluggy 19:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)